N3 Grammar · Test 5

The correct order is 雑誌か(1) → 何か(3) → で(2) → 紹介されてから(4), giving: 「レストランAは雑誌か何かで紹介されてから、なかなか予約がとれない人気店になった。」= 'Since Restaurant A was introduced in a magazine or something, it became a popular restaurant where reservations are hard to get.' The ★ is in the third position, so the answer is 2 (で). The pattern 雑誌か何かで means 'in a magazine or something,' using か (or) + 何か (something) + で (by means of).

• 1雑誌か must come first — it starts the phrase 雑誌か何かで ('in a magazine or something'). Placing it in the ★ (third) slot would break the word order.
• 3何か must follow 雑誌か to form the set phrase 雑誌か何か ('a magazine or something'). It belongs in the second slot, not the third.
• 4紹介されてから ('since being introduced') must come last among the four, right before なかなか予約がとれない…, because it is the temporal clause that connects to the main clause.

• 雑誌か何かで（ざっしかなにかで） — in a magazine or something (using か=or, 何か=something, で=by means of)
• 紹介しょうかいされてから — since being introduced (紹介される passive + てから 'after doing')
• 予約よやくがとれない — unable to get a reservation
• 人気店にんきてん — popular restaurant/shop

The correct order is こんなに(4) → きれいな(3) → 夕日は(1) → 見たことが(2), giving: 「本当にすばらしいですね。こんなにきれいな夕日は見たことがありません。」= 'It really is wonderful. I've never seen such a beautiful sunset.' The ★ is in the third position, so the answer is 1 (夕日は). The structure is: こんなに (adverb, 'this much/such') + きれいな (na-adjective modifying 夕日) + 夕日は (topic) + 見たことがありません (have never seen).

• 2見たことが must come last, directly before ありません, to complete the pattern 見たことがありません ('have never seen'). It belongs in the fourth slot.
• 3きれいな must come before 夕日は, because it modifies 夕日 ('beautiful sunset'). It belongs in the second slot.
• 4こんなに must come first, as an adverb modifying きれいな ('this beautifully / such a beautiful'). It belongs in the first slot.

• こんなに — this much; so (adverb modifying an adjective)
• 見みたことがない — have never seen (Vた + ことがない = experience negation)
• 夕日ゆうひ — sunset

The correct order is どちらが(2) → 勝っても(4) → おかしくない(3) → 試合で(1), giving: 「昨日、テレビでテニスの試合を見た。どちらが勝ってもおかしくない試合で、最後まで本当にどきどきした。」= 'Yesterday I watched a tennis match on TV. It was a match where either side winning wouldn't be surprising, so I was really nervous/thrilled until the end.' The ★ is in the third position, so the answer is 3 (おかしくない). The key grammar is 〜てもおかしくない = 'it wouldn't be strange even if…' (i.e., it's entirely possible/understandable).

• 1試合で must come last among the four, right before 、最後まで…, because the whole relative clause どちらが勝ってもおかしくない modifies 試合 ('a match in which…').
• 2どちらが must come first, starting the clause どちらが勝っても ('whichever side wins'). It is the subject of 勝つ.
• 4勝っても must follow どちらが, forming どちらが勝っても ('even if either side wins'). It belongs in the second slot.

• どちらが勝ってもおかしくない（どちらがかってもおかしくない） — it wouldn't be strange whichever side wins (〜てもおかしくない = it wouldn't be surprising even if…)
• どきどきした — was nervous / thrilled / heart-pounding

The correct order is 習わせたいものを(4) → 習わせるのではなくて(1) → 子供の(2) → 興味があるものを(3), giving: 「子供には、親の習わせたいものを習わせるのではなくて、子供の興味があるものを習わせたほうがいいと思う。」= 'For children, rather than having them learn what parents want them to learn, I think it's better to have them learn what the children are interested in.' The ★ is in the third position, so the answer is 2 (子供の). The structure contrasts 親の習わせたいものを ('what parents want them to learn') with 子供の興味があるものを ('what children are interested in'), using 〜のではなくて ('rather than…').

• 1習わせるのではなくて must come second, right after 習わせたいものを, to negate the first clause: 親の習わせたいものを習わせるのではなくて ('rather than having them learn what parents want').
• 3興味があるものを must come last, after 子供の, forming 子供の興味があるものを ('what children are interested in'), which connects to 習わせたほうがいい.
• 4習わせたいものを must come first, right after 親の (already in the stem), forming 親の習わせたいものを ('what parents want (children) to learn').

• 習ならわせたい — want to have (someone) learn (causative 習わせる + たい)
• 〜のではなくて — rather than ~; instead of ~ (negation used to contrast two alternatives)
• 興味きょうみがある — to be interested in

The correct order is まで(3) → たくさん練習して(2) → メモを見ないで話せる(4) → ようにする(1), giving: 「来月、大学のスピーチ大会に出る。全部覚えるまでたくさん練習して、メモを見ないで話せるようにするつもりだ。」= 'Next month I'll participate in the university speech contest. I plan to practice a lot until I memorize everything, so that I can speak without looking at my notes.' The ★ is in the third position, so the answer is 4 (メモを見ないで話せる). The structure is: 全部覚えるまで ('until I memorize everything') + たくさん練習して ('practice a lot, and…') + メモを見ないで話せるようにする ('make it so I can speak without notes') + つもりだ ('I plan to').

• 1ようにする must come last, right before つもりだ, because ようにするつもりだ means 'I plan to make it so that…'. It belongs in the fourth slot.
• 2たくさん練習して must come second, after まで, to connect the practice clause to the goal: までたくさん練習して ('practice a lot until…, and then…').
• 3まで must come first, attaching to 全部覚える (already in the stem) to form 全部覚えるまで ('until I memorize everything').

• 〜まで — until ~ (temporal limit)
• メモを見ないで（メモをみないで） — without looking at notes (Vないで = without doing)
• 〜ようにする — to make an effort to ~; to try to make it so that ~
• スピーチ大会（スピーチたいかい） — speech contest

The correct answer is 4 (からの). The sentence means 'During my study abroad, the letters from my family that sometimes arrived were truly delightful.' Here, 家族からの modifies 手紙, meaning 'letters from my family.' から marks the source/sender, and の links that phrase to the noun 手紙. This creates a clean noun-modifier: 家族からの手紙 = 'letters from one's family.'

• 1と means 'and/with.' 家族と手紙 would mean 'family and letters' or 'letters with family,' which does not make sense as a modifier of 手紙 in this context.
• 2から alone cannot directly modify the noun 手紙. 家族から手紙は would read as two separate phrases ('from family, letters...') rather than a single noun phrase 'letters from family.' The の is needed to connect the source phrase to the noun.
• 3との means 'with.' 家族との手紙 would mean 'letters with family,' implying correspondence exchanged together with family, which is not the intended meaning. The letters are received FROM family, not WITH them.

• 家族かぞく — family
• 手紙てがみ — letter
• 届とどく — to be delivered, to arrive
• 留学中りゅうがくちゅう — during study abroad
• ～からの+N — from～(modifying a noun)

The correct answer is 2 (ため). The notice says: 'The east parking lot is currently under construction, so please use the south parking lot.' ため here indicates reason/cause: 工事中のため = 'because (it) is under construction.' This naturally connects the reason (construction) to the request (use the other lot).

• 1ほか means 'besides/in addition to.' 工事中のほか would mean 'besides being under construction,' which does not logically lead to the request to use another parking lot.
• 2This is the correct answer, so no entry here.
• 3途中 means 'in the middle of / partway through.' 工事中の途中 is redundant (both mean 'during construction') and does not express the causal relationship needed here.
• 4一方 means 'on the other hand / while.' 工事中の一方 would set up a contrast, but the sentence needs a reason, not a contrast.

• 駐車場ちゅうしゃじょう — parking lot
• 工事中こうじちゅう — under construction
• ～ため — because of～ / due to～ (reason/cause)
• ご利用ください（ごりようください） — please use (polite)

The correct answer is 1 (あと). The older sister says: 'Sure. But the train will arrive in just 5 more minutes, so hurry.' あと5分で means 'in 5 more minutes' — あと indicates the remaining amount of time before something happens. This fits perfectly: there are only 5 minutes left before the train comes.

• 2まだ means 'still.' まだ5分で電車が来ちゃう is ungrammatical and unnatural. まだ would be used in a pattern like まだ5分ある ('we still have 5 minutes'), not with で来ちゃう ('will arrive in').
• 3だんだん means 'gradually.' だんだん5分で makes no sense — it cannot modify a specific time expression like 5分で.
• 4今にも means 'at any moment / about to.' While it conveys imminence, it does not pair with a specific duration like 5分で. 今にも来ちゃう ('it's about to come') would work alone, but 今にも5分で is unnatural.

• あと — remaining (time/quantity); more (before something happens)
• 電車でんしゃ — train
• ～てしまう — to do something completely / unfortunately (implies regret or inevitability)

The correct answer is 3 (作ってみると). The sentence means: 'I thought making hamburg steak would be difficult, but when I actually tried making it, it wasn't as difficult as I thought.' 作ってみると = 'when I tried making it.' てみる means 'to try doing something (to see what happens),' and と marks the condition that leads to a discovery or realization. The speaker's expectation was overturned by the actual experience of trying.

• 1作っているうちに means 'while I was making it.' This implies a gradual change during the process ('while making it, it gradually became less difficult'), but the sentence expresses a single realization upon trying, not a gradual shift.
• 2作ったとしても means 'even if I made it.' This is a hypothetical conditional and does not fit — the speaker actually did make the hamburg steak and is reporting the result.
• 4作った後で means 'after making it.' This would mean 'after I made it, it wasn't as difficult as I thought,' but the nuance is slightly off. The key point is the discovery that happened through the act of trying (てみる), not simply the aftermath. てみると captures the 'I tried and found out' nuance that 後で lacks.

• ハンバーグ（はんばーぐ） — hamburg steak (Japanese-style Salisbury steak)
• ～てみる — to try doing something (to see the result/experience it)
• ～と — when～ / if～ (conditional that triggers a discovery or result)
• 思おもったより — than I thought / than expected